Homemade Horchata Recipe - A Canadian Spin on a Mexican Classic
May 25th, 2020 16:17
I'm a Canadian girl and maple is one of my most favourite flavours. I've been spending the first months of almost every year in California... for ...

Growing up, I SUCKED at sports. I still have to try extra hard to be any good. The only thing that comes naturally, is the FIRE to try, and try, and try, and try... I tell more (and answer questions like " What was your path to finding cycling? ...

Solution to Social Distancing for Cycling and Group Rides During Covid Confinement
May 5th, 2020 16:49
Raise your hand if you don't miss riding like in the pre-Covid era. That's what I thought. Covid-19 confinement ...

Becoming familiar with the wonders of great espresso is one of collateral gains I've made so far through riding a bike... I discovered good ( really good) espresso in 2013 in Santa Barbara, California. Thank you cycling, thank you teammates - more ...

I love bikes. I love fun. I also love... coffee. Over the years as a cyclist, I've traveled to over 20 countries. I've learned how to win, how to lose, how to keep trying and sometimes how to make the impossible possible. I've learned how to ask ...

Though I haven't even enjoyed a slice in 2019, I had a sudden craving for avocado toast today... but there was no bread in sight. I whipped up savoury protein pancakes instead, and it was just as fast and simple as making toast. That's my style of ...

Type-2 Fun is a genre of pleasure that is experienced after partaking in a particular activity. Type-2 Fun is doesn't seem so amsuing or pleasant at the time, but once it's finished, is retrospectively amazing .
Most endurance athletes, ...

The hardest part of my job isn't the training or racing, it's everything else that surrounds it. One of those challenging elements is having to turn down the chance to ride with family, friends, and fellow cycling enthusiasts. But this ...

how being an athlete makes the holidays different! Most winters, I head south before the holidays to begin off-season training. Florida, California and even Colorado have been my destinations in the past. This year I'm in Tucson, Arizona right ...

Cross des Couleurs. It's a sandy 5.5km course that weaves through a forest of colourful foilage, with a few steep pitches and a welcome straightaway seciton that we tackle twice in the 11km event. I was out of my element and didn't know what to ...

I MADE MY OWN #HORCHATA! And I made it with maple syrup from Québec. And it's DELICIOUS. And I think it could win the #maplesyrup recipe challenge! Please give it a vote by clicking the link in my bio! (The video showing how to make the recipe - 4 ingredients and a few minutes - is on my YouTube channel and the latest blog on www.lexalbrecht.com). THANKS FOR VOTING FOR MY CANADIAN HORCHATA! #erable #erableduquebec #érable maplesyruprecipes #veganrecipes #horchatarecipe #homemadehorchata #vitamixrecipe

New quarantine reflex: stock up on the good stuff. @eightouncecoffee has a whole bunch of #thirdwavecoffee roasters' products available online right now. Pretty fun to shop for them all in one place! Current stock: @detourcoffee, and pulling shots with the #Leverpresso.
#CAFN8me #coffee #coffeebeans #thirdwavecoffee #espresso #leverpressocoffee #portablecoffeemaker #manualespresso #manualespressomachine #detourcoffee #detourroasters #th3rdwave

I was on my bike and this girl was playing her violin at the riverside. I like to think she was enjoying doing her thing, as much as I was enjoying doing mine.
#fromwhereiride #cyclinglife #cyclistlife #ruralroads #riverside #violin #violinist #violinistsofinstagram #musicinnature #springtime

I am a gently-hit-two-birds-with-one-stone kinda girl.
For example, I almost always do something while brushing my teeth, and I also try to pick my mid-ride pee-break spots wisely : where there's something interesting to look at, that I might otherwise never get to see.
Like this stuff. #aglife #cyclistlife #rurallife #farmlife #quebec #canada #fromwhereiride #fromwhereimictate

Good thing I had some #homegym tools on hand other than exercise bands (those darn things keep snapping like there's no tomorrow). I like my #workout tools like I like my strength and stability for riding and running: SOLID. #elasticbandproblems
#cyclistlife #homegym #coreworkout #corestrength #corestrengthening #corestrengthtraining #corestrengtheningexercises

I ran out of prepared meals on the weekend. It was a mess. No, I was a mess, on the couch post-training, waiting for the lunch fairy to show up. She didn't.
The freezer is stocked again. Problem solved. #cyclistproblems #cyclistsolutions #athletelife #mealprep #mealprepideas #mealprepping #inmyfreezer #freezermeals #freezerstash #freezercooking #freezerfriendly